“What if someone told you that much of the suffering in your life was simply due to the way you think about things?” This rhetorical question opens The Pocket Stoic, written by John Sellars and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A statue of Marcus Aurelius at Brown University. Aurelius wrote one of the best books about stoicism. Stoicism books explain this ...

Cato's Suicide, by Charles Le Brun. Source: Wikicommons/public domain In the Classical World, the old religion privileged ritual over doctrine, and educated people turned instead to philosophy for ...

Excerpted from "A Handbook for New Stoics: How to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control" © Massimo Pigliucci and Gregory Lopez, 2019. Reprinted by permission of the ...

Stoicism is a school of philosophy that originated in ancient Greece. Founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens, it has been practiced for over 2,000 years. In spite of its ancient beginnings, Stoicism ...